Verizon has just posted what was tacitly known already: Tomorrow, new Windows Phone 8 devices will finally go on sale in stores and online.

We reported last night how pre-order shipments had already left their facilities, heading to people's homes for delivery tomorrow. Now, Verizon Wireless has posted that the HTC 8X and Nokia Lumia 822 will both be available in stores tomorrow for immediate purchase. Of course like all releases, they are caveats: the grey Lumia 822 and red 8X will only be available online...

The HTC 8X on Verizon (in California Blue and harder to find Red) comes with 16GB of memory and wireless charging--a first for that design and unique to Verizon. It will go for $199 on a 2 year contract.

The Nokia Lumia 822 with 16GB of storage with microSD expansion (64GB cards supported), wireless charging and a removable 1800 mAh battery for $150 with a $50 mail-in-rebate.

The big question for our Verizon folks will be which one are you getting tomorrow? Take our poll and let us know.

you are getting alot of hate but honestly I wont be getting either phone. I will just feel like im settling and will be locked in for two years. Im waiting for something better. I had my heart set on the 920 from the time they ennounced it and it really dissapointed me when ATT got exclusivity.

I'm right there with ya. I was really hoping for the 920 ever since it was first shown and I am quite disspointed that verizon is not getting the 920 right away if at all. I really wanted to get rid of my iPhone 4s and iOS altoghter but it looks like I'll be getting the iPhone 5.
Maybe when verizon does get the 920 or even a better windows phone, I can sell my iPhone 5 for a decent amount and buy the windows phone off contract.

Yeah...I preordered the Blue 8x and just got the e-mail that it's not shipping on the 13th and don't know when it will ship. Somehow I feel like I tried to pre-order iphone 5 and was just told to stand in line at the store if I want to get the phone sooner. I went to the ATT store on the way home from work and played with the 8x. It's REALLY nice.

After realizing that the 920 was exclusive att for now, I looked over both Verizon phones thoroughly and decided on the 822 as well. I like the feel better in my hand and it has real buttons that you can feel. Also, the 8X screen seems very dim and hard to read with auto bright on. I'm also a fan of being able to replace the battery on my own and the memory card is a bonus.
Sorry HTC.

Well, the Wife was going to get one of these but we are slowly migrating to at&t. This happened when we just found out that the Verizon double data promo is evidently grandfathered in and can be kept through upgrade, meanwhile our unlimited data cannot. 10+ years of Verizon and this is how we get treated? People that have been with them for a year or two can pay 30+ bucks a month less than someone with them 10+ years? Eff Verizon in their whore mouths.

Yeah, they announced somewhere around a year ago that they were doing away with unlimited. Then, around the middle of this year, they announced that the only way to keep your unlimited data would be to buy a phone off contract. Shortly after this, upgrades would eliminate unlimited data.

So, that's what I'm doing to keep unlimited data.

As for AT&T, though, I've had nothing but terrible service (both as a customer and with their phone service) with them, though, while Verizon has often gone out of their way to fix something. I also am not a fan of how they look at unlimited data, especially publicly. However, I'm sure Verizon feels the same way.

EDIT: Psssst... transfer the discount to your wife's line and upgrade on her line. You'll keep the unlimited.

What do you mean by transferring the discount to his wife's line? I dont' necessarily need the unlimited data but I don't want the price increase of the shared data plan. I would not only lose unlimited but would see an increase of $50 a month in my bill. That's straight hogwash.

I talked to customer service today and there is a trick to it if you want the discounted price. I think i'm going to pay full price for the 8X but I haven't decided, but I'll tell you what I was told. You can add a new line to your account, move the new phone over to the existing number and drop the new line to the minimum service of $10/month. So over a 2 year period it will cost you another $240 and $200 for the phone, so $440 but it's spread out. If you do it that way you keep your unlimited data on the original line and get the discounted buy in.
I don't know how much data you use but I don't use all that much. I've come close to my 4G hotspot once, actually 99%, but I was traveling a ton and I didn't have home internet for almost 2 weeks. Other than that I rarely use more than 1-2GB on my phone and my wife uses less. So I was seriously considering the family share plan. The big upside to paying full price for me on this one is that if MS releases a Surface phone next year, especially if it's a quad core with all the bells and whistles, I'll likely use the upgrade at that point and let me wife replace her iPhone with the 8X, if she wants. What she uses her smartphone for isn't the same as I do, so the big features from Windows Phone (SharePoint, Office, Email and amazing keyboard) aren't as important to her.

I'm keeping my Verizon unlimited by paying for the phone...no contract. That's always on option and the cost of the phone is much smaller than the monthly payments Verizon will be taking from you for 2 years.

I really like the expandable storage on the 822 as well as Nokia apps, but the 8X's HD screen, design, and wireless charging are very appealing as well. It's too bad they couldn't just make a single phone with all of those features.

Played with the 822 on Monday at a Verizon/Microsoft demo in downtown Seattle, and I've also played with the 820 next to a 920 in a MS store. If you compare it side-by-side with a higher resolution phone, yes you can kind of tell, looking closely, that the resolution is lower on the 820/2. But without that close side-by-side comparison, I didn't think it was noticeable. I thought the 822 looked great and I'm no longer concerned about the 480x800 res. Because of the Nokia apps (esp. Nokia music!) and the expandable storage, I'm going for the 822! Oh and the 822 looks a bit better and feels better in person that it seems to in the photos.

I used my brother's iPhone 5 and the screen looked much better than my Trophy (resolution wise), and the 8X's screen has an even higher PPI, so the difference to me is quite noticeable. Whatever the case, I'm going to go check them both out tomorrow. I look forward to it.

I already have the Zune Pass/Xbox Music subscription, so that's not a big deal for me. I rarely need GPS and Nokia Drive is available on all the Windows Phones anyway. City Lens is coming as well. And I like the thinner phone, makes it easier to type with one hand. It's super light and feels really good. With Unlimited data, LTE and skydrive the lack of upgradable storage isn't nearly as big of a deal.

It's available to all manufacturers for Windows Phone 8 and at one point it was said it would be preinstalled on all of them. That may not be exactly the case. I know it will be available in the Store before long, but it might be exclusive to Nokia for a few months. Like i said, not a huge issue for me but still could come in handy when it does come out. Not enough to get me to switch to ATT or go with the lower res screen.

false. spoke with a windows phone rep from *microsoft, not verizon, and the Nokia Drive will be available to all windows phones within a few weeks, albeit with a couple less features. in fact, the Maps app on all wp8s is run on nokia maps already.

Can someone verify you can talk and browse the web at the same time(not wi-fi), and text on the Verizon 8x? You can't on the Verizon iPhone 5, but I heard it worked on the old WP7 Trophy. Want confirmation on the 8X though. Thanks. -Ray

The Teophy does not do voice and data simultaneously unless you're on WiFi. If I read it correctly though, VZW's site has the 822 listed as being able to do both at the same time. Not sure if I'm making that up though and don't remember about the 8X.

I got a friend that's ill with Verizon. Preordered the 8X and it hasn't shipped. I've concluded one should only preorder if they really don't care when they get it. Too many people getting burned. Oh well hope its tomorrow for his sake. :)

Voted for the 822. For me I think it will be the better fit. It just has way more going for it overall than the 8X IMO. WIth a removable battery, expandable memory, Nokia Drive and other Nokia goodies, not to mention an AMOLED screen, $99 (plus tax) price, I think the lower res of the 8X is not going to be that big a deal. Even if Verizon had the 920 I think I might go for the 822 anyway. The 920 is a MASSIVE phone and on VZW it would probably cost $300 bucks. My white 822 should show up tomorrow. - J

Will have to see in store to compare. I've been happy with my trophy the past 1yr-6mos. I'm still on contract & don't feel like paying retail $599 since Xmas is coming. But I can pay my $180 ETF & buy the 920 w/ ATT at $99 on contract. $300 vs. $600 is not a bad idea if you look at it that way.

I know the black is exclusive to Verizon, but does anyone know if that will be available in store tomorrow? Not entirely sure because the way this article is written makes it sound like the blue will be in stores, red online, and with no mention of the black phone.

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The only consolation that I can take from this is the hope that the Windows 8 phones are selling well. I'll just have to play with my Trophy a little while longer.

I went and played with ATT 820 and 920 and being a Verizon customer I am dissapointed they made the 822 look so ugly. Nokia 820 looks amazing. Why Verizon!?!?
Hopefully my Verizon store gets 8x tomorrow so I can try it out.

I played with an HTC 8x at AT&T and was SUPER excited about playing with it. Thoughts: well, let's start with the good: feels awesome in the hand, screen is fantastic, snappy, responsive, good keyboard, etc. The bad: the cameras just arent up to snuff compared to my iphone 4s, i really WANTED to like it better and switch to the 8x, but the truth is this, the main 8mp camera either washed out colors or things were oversaturated(example: i took a photo of my boat shoes and the brown was muted and there was a weird yellow tint around them on the 8x camera while the 4s was more accurate.) As for the front cam, it was certainly more detailed and better than the VGA camera on the iphone but it tended to be too "warm" and my skin tone was a few too many shades orange, whereas on the iphone, i was my normal pasty self. Shots of people/outdoors faired better, but again things tended to be muted and oversaturated all at once. I know there are adjustable settings, but i didnt fair better when fiddling and ultimatley realized the 8x camera just isnt as good as the iphone(sad). As for the Lumia 820, the front cam SUCKS(the 822 has a better cam than the 820, so no harm no foul for verizon users), and the back cam...well actually pretty solid, color accuracy was good, saturation was proper, biggest issues with the camera on the 820 are no BSI(backlit sensor for good low light shots), but otherwise, i'd suggest the 820. Also, on one of the forums, someone dropped their 8x and the "soft touch" material actually peeled off in places, so this is not as durable as the famous HTC One X! Bah! I'm actually extremley disappointed and am faced with waiting to see an 822 in person, waiting for the ATIV Oddessey or getting...an iphone 5(sorry guys, i know...i know..isheep).

I stopped into an AT&T store today to check out the 8X's blue color and screen in person and actually ended up preferring the 820 over it. I found the display of the Nokia to be really vibrant and the build quality was superb. I don't understand why people say that the 820 and its variants are cheaply built. If I didn't know that the 820 had interchangeable shells, I never would have guessed it. There was almost no gap where the shell and the phone met. After seeing these phones in person, I'm not regretting my decision to pre-order the 822. I can't wait to get my hands on it tomorrow.

I'm on AT&T and ordered the cyan L920, but if I was on Verizon, I'd opt for the 822 for the SD card expansion slot and removable battery. 16GB is too little storage, sorry HTC, because the 8X is a very nice looking phone.

if i buy either phone i will feel like i am settling. I dont want to settle for another 2 years like i have with my trophy. I really hope something flagship comes down the line. If im going to be stuck with a phone for two years I want it to be nice. The droid dna shows that htc has the capability to make crazy awesome flagship phones. I want that with windows phone on verizon. Not the exact phone obv cuz the specs dont fit Win Phone 8 but that level of awesome.

I would take the 822 on customer service/app exclusive alone. Screen resolution I would have to give up for service and I think that wins. I have had HTC Evo/ Arrive and their commitment to those phones after i purchased them was not up to par.

I went to a local Verizon store today and I got what I feel to be good news.
I can get the subsidized price without switching to Share Everything. I will have to forfeit my unlimited plan but I only use 250 to 400 MB a month anyway.
Also, the 822 is a nice looking device. The pictures online don't do it justice. I am looking forward to getting one next week.

I ordered the Nokia Charging plate for my Nokia Lumia 822 from Verizon. Can't seem to get it to charge. The Verizon site does list wireless charging capability, so does anyone know what the problem could be? Ive verified I'm plugged into a good outlet, so th ePlate shoud be getting juice, but no indicator light on the plate comes on when I put the 822 on it.. :>(